Famous People with Name Clark

Clark Graebner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Graebner: is an American professional tennis player, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, who won a number of championships. He graduated from Northwestern University, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Graebner's wife Carole also was a successful touring tennis professional.

Clark Murray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Murray: an American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted steel pipes.

Clark Leonard Hull            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Leonard Hull: was an influential American psychologist who sought to explain learning and motivation by scientific laws of behavior. Born in Akron, New York, Hull obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, and in 1918 a PhD in from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also taught from 1916 to 1929. His doctoral research on "Quantitative Aspects of the Evolution of Concepts" was published in Psychological Monographs.Hull conducted research demonstrating that his theories could predict and control behavior. His most significant works were the Mathematico-Deductive Theory of Rote Learning (1940), and Principles of Behavior (1943), which established his analysis of animal learning and conditioning as the dominant learning theory of its time. Hull is known for his debates with Edward C. Tolman. He is also known for his work in Drive Theory. Hull’s model is couched in evolutionary terms: Organisms suffer deprivation. Deprivation creates needs. Needs activate drives. Drives activate behavior. Behavior is goal directed. Achieving the goal has survival value.

Clark Coolidge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Coolidge: is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island.Often associated with the Language School, his experience as a Jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects--- including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac, and movies-

Clark Ashton Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Ashton Smith: was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mainly remembered today. With Lo

Richard Clarence "Dick" Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Clarence "Dick" Clark: represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979. Clark, a Democrat, was only successful in his first election for the Senate when he defeated Republican incumbent, Jack R. Miller in 1972. Clark received 662,637 votes (55%) to M

Linwood Leon Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Linwood Leon Clark: was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of the state of Maryland from 1929 to 1931.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Baltimore, Maryland. He also completed a La Salle Extension University c

Samuel Mercer Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Mercer Clark: was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district at the end of the 19th century. He was the first Iowa-born member of Congress. He was editor of the Keokuk Daily Gate City in Keokuk, Iowa, for 31 years. He served as del

William Andrews Clark, Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Andrews Clark, Sr.: was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads.

William Patrick Clark, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Patrick Clark, Jr.: American politician, served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, United States National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 until 1985.